musicOMH
Founded London, United Kingdom
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Key people Michael Hubbard, Daniel Paton, Andrew Burgess, Ben Hogwood, Ruth Davies, Steven Johnson, Melanie Eskenazi
Employees 40+[1]
Website www.musicomh.com
Alexa rank decrease 387,250 (February 2012)[2]
Type of site Publisher of music reviews and features
Available in English
Launched 15 December 1999[2]

musicOMH is a United Kingdom-based website which publishes independent reviews, featues and interviews from across all musical genres including classical, metal, rock and R&B.

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[edit] History

MusicOMH was founded and launched by Editor in Chief Michael Hubbard in 1999.[3]

In February 2011 the site's former theatre section was spun off, becoming Exeunt Magazine, as MusicOMH refocused from being a general arts publication to writing exclusively about music.

[edit] Main features and coverage

MusicOMH's music content consists of reviews of albums, gigs, tracks and festivals, alongside features, interviews and blog posts.The site also provides live reviews and other features.[4] The site's album reviews, usually covering a wide range of genres including pop, electro, classical, metal, rock and R&B,[3] have been quoted by numerous publications such as The Daily Telegraph, The Independent and the BBC.[5][6][7][8][9][10] The site has also been used as one of many sources to accumulate aggregrated review scores for Metacritic.[11][12][13]

Further illustrating MusicOMH's diversity, the BBC also regularly links to the site's reviews of The Proms, an eight week run of orchestral classical music concerts.[14][15][16][17]

The site also conducts interviews with various members of the music industry, with the likes of house music duo Basement Jaxx, Swedish rock band Miike Snow and rapper Jay-Z in their previously interviewed repertoire.[18][19][20] In September 2009, publications such as Contactmusic.com, AOL and Yahoo! Music used the interview with Jay-Z to spread word of his will to work with other notable musicians such as Jack White and Bono.[20][21][22][23]

[edit] Awards and nominations

The Independent described MusicOMH as "Brit-centric, accessible and unpretentious", in their list of the 25 best music websites in October 2009.[4] The site was nominated for Best Digital Publication at the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Record Of The Day Awards.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Staff - musicomh". MusicOMH. http://www.musicomh.com/staff.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-22. 
  2. ^ a b "Musicomh.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/musicomh.com. Retrieved 2012-02-02. 
  3. ^ a b "About Us - Musicomh". MusicOMH. http://www.musicomh.com/media.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-22. 
  4. ^ a b "The 25 best music websites". The Independent (London). 2009-10-16. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-25-best-music-websites-1803346.html?action=Popup&ino=18. Retrieved 2009-10-22. 
  5. ^ Gray, Iain (2007-10-22). "Oasis release download-only single". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3668705/Oasis-release-download-only-single.html. Retrieved 2009-10-21. 
  6. ^ "The Word On... The Big Pink, A Brief History of love". The Independent (London). 2009-09-18. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-word-on-the-big-pink-a-brief-history-of-love-1789202.html. Retrieved 2009-10-22. 
  7. ^ "The Word On... Just Jack, All night cinema". The Independent (London). 2009-09-04. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-word-on-just-jack-all-night-cinema-1781328.html. Retrieved 2009-10-22. 
  8. ^ "Singers - Reviews". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/singers/news/reviews.shtml. Retrieved 2009-12-07. 
  9. ^ "BBC Philharmonic News - Grammy Award Nominations". Bbc.co.uk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/philharmonic/news/promsreviews2009.shtml. Retrieved 2009-12-07. 
  10. ^ "Manchester > Entertainment > Music > The Great Unheard > The Mekkits!". BBC Manchester. http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2007/02/23/220207_the_mekkits_tgu_group.shtml. Retrieved 2009-10-22. 
  11. ^ "Writer's Block reviews at". Metacritic.com. http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/peterbjornandjohn/writersblock. Retrieved 2009-12-07. 
  12. ^ "Music For Men reviews at". Metacritic.com. 2009-10-06. http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/gossip/musicformen. Retrieved 2009-12-07. 
  13. ^ "Popular Songs reviews at". Metacritic.com. 2009-09-08. http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/yolatengo/popularsongs. Retrieved 2009-12-07. 
  14. ^ "Proms - Reviews". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2008/interactandreviews/reviews/23aug.shtml. Retrieved 2009-12-07. 
  15. ^ "Proms - Reviews". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2008/interactandreviews/reviews/11sep.shtml. Retrieved 2009-12-07. 
  16. ^ "Proms - Review: 8 August Prom 35". BBC. 2007-08-08. http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2007/interact/reviews/08aug.shtml. Retrieved 2009-12-07. 
  17. ^ "BBC Proms Reviews 2009". musicOMH. 2009-08-27. http://www.musicomh.com/classical/proms/. Retrieved 2009-12-07. 
  18. ^ "Basement Jaxx". musicOMH. 2009-08-27. http://www.musicomh.com/music/features/basement-jaxx_1009.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-07. 
  19. ^ "Miike Snow". musicOMH. 2009-08-27. http://www.musicomh.com/music/features/miike-snow_1009.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-07. 
  20. ^ a b "Jay-Z | interview (Part 1)". musicOMH. 2009-08-27. http://www.musicomh.com/music/features/jay-z_0909.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-07. 
  21. ^ "Bono - Jay-Z's Bono Plan". Contactmusic.com. http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/jayzs-bono-plan_1116600. Retrieved 2009-10-22. 
  22. ^ "Jay-Z's Bono plan". Yahoo! Music. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/35/20090921/tmusic-jay-z-s-bono-plan-716af92.html. Retrieved 2009-10-22. [dead link]
  23. ^ "Jay-Z's Bono plan". AOL Music. http://music.aol.co.uk/music-news/jay-zs-bono-plan/article/2009092103104575329427. Retrieved 2009-10-22. 

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